She described the moment the filmmaker, Sarah Megan Thomas,
convinced her to get involved.

"I saw myself ... years ago,
saying, 'Can somebody give me a chance?' And in that moment, I
just said okay, 20 minutes in, 'I'm in,'" she said.

The film was bought by Sony
Pictures, and is now being developed into a TV series with
backing from ABC. Byrne said that investors made a roughly
15% return based on the sale to Sony.

The movie has since been aired on
college campuses and in various corporate offices around the
country, she said.

"Even if you're not in finance
... what woman has not been told that she rubs people the wrong
way?" Byrne said, referencing a scene in the movie in which
the lead character is denied a promotion for that reason.

"That just means you've asked for
something and they don't want to give it to you."